{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-8-20-7-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 8-20-7-1","heading":"Authority to locate and establish highway over route of abandoned highway","body":"Sec. 1. When a county highway has been taken over by the Indiana department of transportation and incorporated in the state highway system and is subsequently abandoned as a state highway, the executive of the county where the highway is located may establish a highway over the route of the abandoned highway. The right-of-way of the highway has the same boundaries as the boundaries of the highway when it was abandoned as a state highway. The executive may acquire the land necessary for the right-of-way by donation, purchase, or through the exercise of eminent domain. The executive may remove any obstructions placed on the highway since its abandonment.","path":["TITLE 8. UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION","ARTICLE 20. COUNTY ROADS─LOCATION AND EMINENT DOMAIN","Chapter 7. Location of County Highways Over Routes of Abandoned State Highways"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_8.html#8-20-7-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T20:08:46Z","sha256":"e46b6b7ccc86d1a2c35a8ef3eaf5815b875380fbe341d2c13d2592f882c17273","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-8-20-3-1","next":"us-in/ic-8-20-8-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}